The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25
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1887. 1886. 1855.
Name of Road.
Local and State Notes.


Local and State Notes.
W. G. Hobbs assistant general freight agent
of the c., L. ST. L. s. c., at Chicago, spent the
Sabbath in the city.
Rumor has it that the Lake Shore people are
seeking to secure control OF the Eel River road
running from Logansport to Butler.
Clarence Jacobs one of the telegraph opera
tors en- the c., ST. l.. & P, has been appointed
agent of the company at Goodland, Ind.
George C. Newton. one of the Oldest passenger
conductors on the Illinois Central. died last
week. He began service on the road in 1857.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana is expanding
large sum of money this season in rebuilding the
bridges and putting the road in No l condition.
A number of capitalists in Evansville are
seriously considering the organizing of COM
pany to build extensive car works at that point
The Vandalia has just completed neat depot
at Glendale and Egbert Curtis mas been ap-
pointed ticket and freight agent at the new
station.
Albert Stein, for some time past contracting
agent of the Blue line at Indianapolis has been
appointed travelling passenger and freight agent
of the Indiana Midland road.
George T. Clark, one Of the oldest passenger
conductors on the Wabash main line, will retire
on the first of the month to engage in CONNER
cal pursuits. His health necessitates the change.
James Sheane, who last week was elected
Mayor, by the Republicans, of Dauville. ILL.,, is
road-master of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
road. and was formerly resident Of Terre
Haute
It is stated that the Mackey syndicate, which
controls the Peoria. Decatur & Evansville road,
will be bidders for the Indianapolis. Decatur &
Springfield road at the foreclosure sale next
month.
Fl. Cooper, who, for some time past, has been
joint agent of the lines in the Cincinnati west
bound pool, which is about to pass out of exist
ence, has been appointed contracting agent of
the Ohio & Mississippi road.
There were transferred over the Belt road last
week 8, 293 cars against 8, 29l the corresponding
week of 1856. Belt road engines last week
handled CTS carloads of live stock, against 65s
the corresponding week of 1885,
There is said to be a movement on the part of
the Western stockholders of the Louisville
Evansville 81 st. Louis road to take the control
of the property away from Boston, Mass, and
the Boston stockholders are moving actively to
head it off.
The L., B. & W. earned during the second
week in April $44,44 increase over earnings
the corresponding week of 1885, 81. 668; the Ohio
& Mississippi earned $7S,781. increase SO. 49,
the Louisville. Evansville & St. Louis, 500 900,
increase, $6,S40
Manager Mcdonald, of the Cairo & Vincennes
road, seems more disposed to work with the Wa
bash than with the Indianapolis & Vincennes
road, and has established fast.express route
from Cairo, Ill, to New York and Boston, plac-
ing reclining chair cars in the service
The entire passenger equipment of the Lake
Erie & Western is to be put through the shops as
rapidly as practicable and subjected to general
overhaulin2. The locomotive power of this
road is excellent, but their passenger and freight
equipment is not apace with the times.
Considerable opposition is manifesting itself
in Fayette county against the building of the
Evansville G. Richmond road. The survey, as
now made. will cut IN two large number of the
best farms in the county. aud, as it is already
well provided with roads. the feeling against the
project is becoming quite bitter
The Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg with
mileage of 683 miles. earned in March, $475 52l;
increase over the corresponding month of 1886.
056l The earnings Of the system for the first
three months of the year were 81, 1927, 718; in
crease over corresponding quarter OF 1885, $251,-
GIL increase IN net earnings, $175,978.
G. w. Fairbanks was summoned to Boston on
| Saturday evening for conference regarding the
| affairs of the Cleveland & Canton road There
is good authority for stating that the Blood syn
| dictate are ready to pay handsome bonus to the
Corbn party if they will sell their holding of the
stock to them, and thus end all litigation
| w. Weirick has been appointed agent of the
| Wabash and the Eel River road at Peru For
| some time past L. n. Andrews has had charge
| of the agency of these roads at Peru. as we'll as
that Of the indianapolis. Peru & Chicago now
| the L. E. s. w. road Mr. Andrews will con-
tnue as agent of the Lake Erie 81 Western at
| that point
|
directors of the c., l., St. L. & G. declared div
| idend of Il per cent. payable June 10. The ac-
ton was taken thus early. as President Ingalls,
and others of the directory would be absent
| when the day for the regular meeting comes
| This road is now paying at the rate of per
| cent. per annum dividend.
| The grand executive board of the Brotherhood
| of Locomotive Firemen consisting of Harry
Walton, w. E. Burns. j. j. Leahy, f. Holl, w.
Fl. Mcdonnell and Vice-grand j. j. Hanahan,
| who have been in conference for several DAYS at
| Terre Haute regarding changes in the consttu-
ton and bya VS. of the association, left for their
respective homes yesterday
Three of the LeGrande interlocking signals.
| device in which number of Indianapolitans
the crossings of the Chicago & Western Indiana
and Chicago & Rock Island roads, and the Lake
Shore and the Baltimore & Ohio. They are of
| the same pattern the signal in use at the
crossing of the j., NJ. & /. tracks at the Belt
| road
1t is quite evident that competition is still to
| be the great rate-leveier as heretofore with the
railroads In proof of this an instance is given:
| A few days since the Journal stated that the
rates on green stuff shipped from the Southern
markets were so advanced and the rulings so
/ arbitrary that it would make it i'm prac tica BILE
to ship green stuff North The first shipme ut q
were made from New Orleans and that vincinity
over the Illinois Central and the Vandalia, at
| rates fixed by the former road. AS soon as our
were surprised at the enormity of the charges
| and at once commenced to investigate matters
| going to a competitor of the Illinois Central ont
| of the New Orleans district, namely, tho Louis
| vile & Nashville and this line cut the rate made
by the Illinois Central in two in the middle
which makes the range Of rates about the same
as in years past